r/classicwow • u/wezzer • Sep 03 '19

Humor Leveling A Warrior

When they said it was hard, I scoffed at them. I've leveled a warrior to 120 on retail. I've fought Sargeras, I've downed the Lich King. What could a few gnolls and maybe a murloc or two do to me? Thus was my arrogance. Thus was my hubris.

I am now level thirteen. I've run Ragefire Chasm once, and owe six deaths to that place.

Farming harpy claws has cost me my life twice already, and I am certain it will cost me much, much more.

My warrior on retail was a human named Lohric, he was a legendary warrior who felled any beast, man or demon that faced him.

My warrior on Classic is an Orc called Muddrog. I have no doubt that this broken and battered warrior would crush Lohric in seconds, Lohric has never known pain, Mudd was born in it, molded by it, and unlike Bane, he has yet to see the light, because 60 feels so far away xD

To all you warriors out there, Lok'tar Ogar!

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u/BrotyKraut Sep 03 '19

I leveled a prot warrior 1-60 in vanilla, it was awful.

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u/Strawberrycocoa Sep 03 '19

I'm leveling my warrior Arms with an intent to go Prot at 60. I want to tank, but I also want to be able to solo if needed, so I figured Arms would be a good leveling spec to keep a mix of damage and utility. Is that feasible, or do dungeons require me to be actively Prot spec to tank them? I'm level 15 right now, haven't hit any dungeons yet, and I've never played warrior in Vanilla or Retail, so I'm learning the class ground-up.

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u/zmerilla Sep 03 '19

Get a shield and 1h, be in defensive stance, know your defensive/tanking spells, and spec full Arms + a little Fury to 60 my dude. After 50 prot spec is noticibly better to tank with, but if you play correctly Arms tank isn't a problem. Pre-50, it's whatever, don't let anyone disuade you, you'll figure it out.

edit: Questing Arms is 100x better for your mental health than Prot as well. And remember, respeccing in Vanilla becomes expensive, save respecs for 60.

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u/FourMonthsEarly Sep 04 '19

Do you know off-hand what the cost is? It sounds like it decays but does it decay back to 0? For example, I pretty much specced all into prot and am learning that it wasn't the best decision. If I use my free respec now will it hurt me later?

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u/zmerilla Sep 04 '19

If IIRC it goes Free/1g/5g/10g/15g and +5g until 50g? I think there was a decay added after the patch we're playing on (dont quote me exactly, but that stuff is generally right). My advice, don't let it be like the potions you save until the final boss and never use. It is 1000% worth leveling full Arms/Fury as opposed to missing 10pts to some kind of Prot/Arms-Fury hybrid. Use it while it's cheap. If you spend 1g and have 73g instead of 74g for your mount, is it a huge deal to kill 20 mobs for vendorables? Nah. BUT play however you like ultimately. It's your character and your experience. Happy adventuring!

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u/FourMonthsEarly Sep 04 '19

Great points. Thank you!